Since 1985-86, Alex Ovechkin has put up the most goals, with 897 scored.

Interpreted as:

most goals by a player in NHL history since 1986

	NAME	G	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	897	1,491	726	1,623	+60	831	326	277	5	1	136	27	6,864	13.1	64	190	33.7	3,742	563	784	1,189	20:37
2	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	766	1,733	1,155	1,921	+322	1,167	217	393	11	4	135	19	5,637	13.6	9	42	21.4	281	194	495	1,087	19:53
3	Brett Hull B. Hull	741	1,269	650	1,391	+23	458	265	271	20	8	110	12	4,876	15.2	18	50	36.0	119	90	191	358	18:01
4	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	684	1,451	773	1,457	+95	660	255	333	7	2	110	9	4,540	15.1	935	1,994	46.9	243	158	461	783	17:56
5	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	668	1,431	726	1,394	+71	1,177	247	260	3	3	89	7	3,961	16.9	25	67	37.3	184	57	92	237	15:57
6	Brendan Shanahan B. Shanahan	656	1,524	698	1,354	+151	2,489	237	270	23	14	109	12	5,086	12.9	293	611	48.0	538	289	260	445	18:13
7	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	647	842	976	1,623	+147	780	225	443	49	22	72	10	3,424	18.9	1,414	2,865	49.4	52	45	70	122	22:40
8	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	625	1,352	1,062	1,687	+197	854	184	403	4	7	100	25	4,299	14.5	15,664	29,637	52.9	1,181	662	772	1,107	20:40
9	Jarome Iginla J. Iginla	625	1,554	675	1,300	+30	1,040	197	231	13	9	101	7	4,759	13.1	2,726	5,238	52.0	1,599	464	610	778	19:56
10	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	625	1,378	1,016	1,641	+30	614	205	426	32	17	86	7	4,621	13.5	6,687	12,735	52.5	227	268	419	405	21:09
11	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	623	1,354	956	1,579	+220	833	180	350	50	33	89	8	4,194	14.9	3,405	5,929	57.4	171	210	189	251	18:38
12	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	582	1,164	608	1,190	+10	679	228	215	5	3	91	14	3,506	16.6	6,801	13,494	50.4	1,238	529	500	662	19:05
13	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	577	1,652	956	1,533	0	1,033	200	369	18	14	91	6	3,820	15.1	880	1,815	48.5	898	288	342	518	18:53
14	Patrick Marleau P. Marleau	566	1,779	631	1,197	-27	527	172	243	17	4	109	11	4,333	13.1	5,971	12,423	48.1	1,513	465	757	1,113	18:09
15	Mats Sundin M. Sundin	564	1,346	785	1,349	+73	1,093	160	293	31	25	96	15	4,015	14.0	7,927	14,441	54.9	438	276	212	466	19:44
16	Joe Nieuwendyk J. Nieuwendyk	564	1,257	562	1,126	+155	677	215	204	12	2	93	7	3,242	17.4	4,454	7,590	58.7	144	91	132	266	16:17
17	Mike Modano M. Modano	561	1,499	813	1,374	+114	926	157	336	29	18	92	9	4,273	13.1	7,431	14,376	51.7	203	290	691	973	19:41
18	Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	557	1,454	603	1,160	+13	1,011	247	256	10	3	67	5	4,159	13.4	2,834	5,107	55.5	187	276	293	168	15:59
19	Keith Tkachuk K. Tkachuk	538	1,201	527	1,065	+33	2,219	212	161	13	14	72	8	3,530	15.2	3,126	6,084	51.4	933	160	260	472	18:08
20	Marian Hossa M. Hossa	525	1,309	609	1,134	+245	628	143	231	34	12	85	15	4,229	12.4	64	187	34.2	1,062	395	1,008	668	18:55
21	Pierre Turgeon P. Turgeon	515	1,294	812	1,327	+139	452	190	297	10	10	86	11	3,154	16.3	2,460	4,909	50.1	60	92	212	367	15:46
22	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	514	1,213	832	1,346	+28	1,202	183	325	4	1	86	14	3,810	13.5	6,000	13,370	44.9	713	523	1,029	1,176	19:34
23	Jeremy Roenick J. Roenick	513	1,363	703	1,216	+153	1,463	184	247	28	20	92	5	3,281	15.6	3,328	6,627	50.2	854	194	354	592	17:23
24	Peter Bondra P. Bondra	503	1,081	389	892	+74	761	149	131	32	4	78	6	3,531	14.2	9	31	29.0	390	116	256	387	18:43
25	Mark Messier M. Messier	501	1,326	941	1,442	+144	1,277	141	343	52	62	77	8	3,099	16.2	3,780	6,871	55.0	195	138	161	310	18:47